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Sep 22Liked by Suresh Choudhary

Loved the article Suresh.

Small question - in the long loop should an Engineering Manager also consider the employee turnover ?

You as an EM have invested substantially in building your team, what if this effort does not give you the result because they switch their jobs.

I am dont know if this should be considered at all by an EM.

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Thanks Rutwik for the great feedback and question!

In that situation, it's better to error on the side of caution. In general, I operate assuming people will stay. This also helps me think deeper in my long loops. So I can grow them better, which is often the reason they'll stay longer. If you have a specific situation you wanna talk, don't hesitate to DM me. It's been a long time 🙂

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Sep 22Liked by Suresh Choudhary

i think the important that you figure out which one need to be solved first (fast loop). Both your given examples above I just faced 3 weeks ago, and I did exactly as you mentioned in this article.

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Wow! I'm so glad this post was relatable. Thanks for sharing.

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Sep 19Liked by Suresh Choudhary

Fast loop: get him/her someone for paired programming or peer review everyday for an hour may be

Slow loop: get him/her training about technology as well the system architecture, best practices etc.

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